| Isabelle | |
| Orig Lang Code: | fr |
| Translator: | Walter Ballenberger |
| Author: | André Gide |
| Language: | French |
| Set In: | Calvados department, 1890s |
| Publisher: | Les Éditions de la Nouvelle Revue Française |
| Pages: | 194 |
| Genre: | Récit |
| Release Date: | 1911 |
| Dewey: | 843.912 |
Isabelle is a novella (described as a récit) by André Gide, published in 1911.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
25-year-old Gérard Lacase from the Sorbonne studies for his doctorate on Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet at the remote castle of Quartfourche in northern Normandy. He falls in love with a portrait of Isabelle, the daughter of the family who owns the castle.